Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1436 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/04/2019

                            86R13886 TSR-D
 By: Taylor S.B. No. 1436


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a required notice concerning an easement or
 right-of-way in certain Texas Real Estate Commission contract
 forms.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 1101.155, Occupations Code, is amended
 by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 (d)  A contract form adopted by the commission for use in the
 sale of property must include a notice informing the buyer that if
 the property is subject to, or adjacent to, an easement or
 right-of-way, the use of the easement or right-of-way, including
 the construction or maintenance of an improvement, is governed by
 the documents under which the easement or right-of-way was created,
 and the use of that easement or right-of-way may affect the value of
 the buyer's property.
 SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas Real
 Estate Commission shall update contract forms to comply with
 Section 1101.155(d), Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.